Racing game



Patented Sept. 6, 1927.

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HARRY E. MCCOY, or rr'iriusia'uaerrr, rENNs'YtvANra, a stace, BY DIREQT AlVD MEsNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE IVIGDOWELL MANUFACTURING ooMrA'NY, or MILL- VALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

RACING GAME Applicatien filed April so, 192% Serial No, 710,010,

This invention is for a game of the kind in which a plurality of ii'iiniature figures are set in motion, to suggest the idea of a race, the winner being determined by the relative positions of the figures when they have stopped.

The present invention has for its principal Objects to provide a game and toy of an entertaining nature, of simple construction, capable of being cheaplymanufactured, and having a scoring means associated therewith, by means of which the number of points to be awarded foreach race may be determined.

The invention may be readily'understood reference tetheaccompan i drawings, in which '2' Y 1 is a plan view of the toy;

Fig. 2 is a"section in the plane of line II IIof Fig.1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line IIIIII of Fig.1, i q

Fig. 4 is an enlarge'd'end' viewof the crank shaft; I j Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of the spinner support.

In the drawings, 5 designate's'a rectangular base of suitable size, which is preferably made of sheet metal. Rigidly'mounted on the base, near one end thereof, is an upright pin 7 This pin serves as a pivotal support for a spinner or disk 8 having a tubular hub 9, into which the pin 7 projects. A bearing 10 may be interposed between the tops of the pin or shaft 7 and the end of the hub 9, to reduce the friction between the hub and the bearing.

The mounting for the disk enables it to rotate very freely, while the hub'9 provides an extension which may be grasped by the players and turned to set the disk spinning.

On the base 5, and preferably formed integrally therewith by stamping, are two uprights 11 and 12, the former preferably being at the end of the base most remote from the pin 7, while the latter is close to the periphery of the disk 8. They are in alinement with each other and with the pin 7. These uprights 11 and 12 serve as supports for a crank shaft 13 passed through openings in the upper ends of the uprights.

This shaft has a plurality of offset cranks or eccentrics arranged in balance. Four are preferahla and. are disposed degrees apart, and I have designated them 13 13 13 and 13 On .e'ach'crankis carried a miniature figure 14,'representative of a racing object. 1 These figures are'shown to resemble a horse and a rider. The crank passes through the forward part of the figure, while the hind part rests on the base 5. On each figure is an integral arm 15 that is stamped out from the body and'curved around and perforated,

sothat-the crank also passes through its outer end. This is avery simple Way of keeping the fig'ures from 'WObbllIlg on their respective cranks.

v The inner portion of the crank shaft is very loose iii the support 12, as shown in Fig. 3,: and on the eXt-reme'inner end is a friction wheel 16 that .bearsaon the disk 8.

Due to the looseness withwhich the shaft passes through support 12, the weight'offthe shaft and the'figuresthereon is supported bythe friction wheel, thereby holding the wheel on the diskwvith suflicient friction'to rotate the ,wheel '16, andconsequently the crank shaft whenthedisk8is rotated. 1 c Rotation; of the shaft 13 causes the figures 14 to be raised up 'and down and move back andforth-onthe base, suggestiveof, the motion of running horses. When the shaft stops rotating, th-ehorse whose head is farthest forward is adjudged the winner. To

facilitate in judging the position of the a plurality of spaces 18. In each space is a numeraL'indicating a certain number of points. On the base, preferably formed from a piece struck up from the base, is a pointer 19 that overhangs the margin of the disk. The player whose horse is the winner looks to the numeral in the space registering with the pointer, to determine the number 9f points awarded his horse. For inetaace, We. 1, ac. herse iathe Wiener; the

point-er registers with a space bearing the numeral 2. Consequently, in playing the game, #1 horse would be given 2 oints. The next time, the pointer might all in line with a space difierently marked, as with a 3, 5, 10, or 20, and the same horse or any one of the others might be the winner.

In the game as shown, there is only one section 18 in which the number of points is 20. It might seem, at first, as though the gear ratio between disk8 and Wheel 16 would always tend to bring the same horse out as the winner when this section came under the pointer, and the same might be thought in Connection with any other section 18. This is not so, however, as care is taken to so proportion the size of wheels 8 and 16 that each racing object has the same chance as any other. Because of the friction drive between the disk and the wheel, it is possible, at any time, for any player who feels that the setting is unfavorable to his horse, to slip one wheel with respect to the other, and thereby change the setting. This practice is recommended in the playing of the game.

The device is both a toy and a game. It is extremely simple, and. can be manufactured at a low cost.

I claim as my invention? 1. A racing game comprising a base, uprights on the base, a rotatable shaft on the uprights, a plurality of eccentric'elements on the shaft, a'figure operatively engaging each eccentric,.and means for rotating the shaft including'a wheel rotatably mounted on the base and afcooperating friction wheel carried by the said shaft. 1 1

' 2. A racing game comprising a "base, up-

rights fixedly carried on the base, a horizontally disposed shaft rotatably carried by the uprights, a plurality of cranks on the shaft, a miniature figure rotatably engage ing a crank and having a rearwardly ex tending portion resting on the base and slidable thereon, and means for rotating the shaft.

3. A racing game comprising a base, fixed uprights on the base, a horizontally disposed crank shaft having a plurality of cranks thereon supported in the uprights, a horizontally disposed wheel rotatably carried on the base, a wheel on the crank shaft operatively engaging the wheel on the'base, and a racing figure operated by each crank.

4:. A racing game comprising a base, a

horizontally disposed spinner wheel on the base having point markings thereon, a pointer on the base with which the markings are adapted to be moved into register, a crank shaftoperated by the spinner, and a plurality of racing figures operated by the,

crank shaft.

5. A racmg game comprlsing a base, a

spinner wheel rotatably supported above the base in a horizontal position, said wheel having an annular series of point markings thereon, a pointer on the base with which the markings may be brought into register, a horizontally disposedcrankshaft rotatably supported above the base, a friction wheel on the crank shaft engaging the spinner wheel, and a plurality ofminiature objs'cts operatively connected with the crank sha t.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' HARRY E. MCCOY. 

